Posted on 08/26/2015 11:50:23 AM PDT by jazusamo
Female soldiers suffered double the rate of injuries compared with male colleagues in Army combat training, including jobs in field artillery and repairing the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
The startling statistics come from Army studies obtained by the Center for Military Readiness (CMR), a research group that opposes what the Obama administration is expected to do by year’s end: put women in the direct land combat in infantry, armor, artillery and special operations units.
Retired Gen. Raymond Odierno, who completed his four-year stint as Army chief of staff, said earlier this month that he already has decided to open all artillery jobs to women, except one that embeds with infantry units. The final decision on coed infantry and tank units will be made soon, he told the Army Times.
“We’ve done a lot of pilot programs, we’ve done a lot of physical testing, we’ve done a lot of testing on how we integrate women into units, and those are all going well,” Mr. Odierno said. “We want the best person, if they’re qualified and meet the standards, we want to give them the opportunity to do whatever they want.”
A CMR report paints a less upbeat picture.
The research group filed several Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain documents from the Army on injury rates for women enrolled in combat job experiments since 2012. The Army turned over mounds of reports from its Medical Command and the Army Institute of Public Health.
Data showed that women in the military occupational specialty (MOS) of artillery surveyor meteorological crew member suffered more than double (113 percent) the injuries of men.
Women in basic combat, combat vehicle maintenance and engineers training produced the same lopsided injury ratio.
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This is why the left are winning. This is old old news (see CMR) yet no one really knows it. In ten years some genius will report it again...and it’ll be brand spanking new again.
They see which way the wind is blowing. And they aren't going to be one of the dinosaurs that are heard saying "This is a bad idea".
Because they are made examples of.
There are women who could pass, but they have to train like Navy Seals as women to match the bottom ten percent of the male candidates.
Not sure what you mean, but I presume you mean someone DID report on this a long time ago, but it never saw the light of day except for people who care about it...like us.
You are most welcome.
But as you said, this is over.
Active Duty ping.
I remember in Florida Phase in 1978 getting 1 and 1/3 meals a day, they gave us 4 LERPS or C-Rats for 3 days.
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